UT basketball: Longhorns sign four recruits

AUSTIN — Rick Barnes doesn’t have a Top 10 team on campus at the moment. But once again, his signing class has few peers.

Texas received letters of intent from four top recruits Wednesday, bringing another haul to a program that’s seen its share of blue-chippers during the past decade. Wednesday’s class, headed by standout point guard Myck Kabongo, was rated sixth in the country by ESPN, which has had UT in its recruiting Top 10 in each of the past three years.

Kabongo, a 6-foot-2 Canadian, attends Findlay (Nev.) Prep, the same school that produced current UT freshmen Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph. Kabongo was ranked as the nation’s No. 9 prospect by both ESPN and Scout.com.

The other members of this year’s class are 6-8 forward Jon Holmes from Antonian, 6-3 guard Julien Lewis from La Marque and 6-5 guard Sheldon McClellan from Bellaire.

McClellan was 36th on ESPN’s overall list, Holmes was 67th and Lewis was 78th.